AudioGod's Aorus Z390 Pro Patched DSDT Mini Guide and Discussion

[Project 2501]

13 minutes ago, eSaF said:

But I did tell you that in my initial post - 'Normally this shows up when the machine cannot find the Mouse or Track Pad or Port they are attached to' - so immediately you should have tried with a wired mouse (which you have now done with a wired track-ball device) and would have taken care of the machine searching for that connection. Anyway happy you solve that problem. As @miliuco reported cleaning the NVRAM will not harm or damage anything, just follow his recommendation and you'll be fine.

 

You mentioned it, but I was so tired at the time, I didn't make the connection. Lack of sleep is scary!

 

[Project 2501]

Well, I tried resetting NVRAM from the OC boot picker menu, but I ended up in the recovery partition again. The only possible oddity I notice is when I select the OSX drive, it restarts (POST beep) and then boots the recovery partition. I've been able to test drive Clover from a flash drive, but I've never tried it with OC, so I'm not sure this is normal behavior

 

Anyway, I'm going to take a break and stick with Clover for now. I'm mostly interested changing over to OpenCore since most people on this board have made the switch. I suspect if I have trouble with Clover in the future, I won't be able to get as much help.

 

Next I'll try @AudioGod's last posted OC EFI as is. If it works, I'll try updating it again.

 

 

[panosru]

Hello people! I have had an issue that is bothering me for a few days and I run out of ideas on where else should I look. My issue is with my audio, it seems that when I boot my computer, and I either play a movie or watch youtube or listen to Spotify, anything related to sound, I'm getting audio pauses for a moment, as the time goes by the pauses are becoming more often. I have tried to change audio drivers, restore a previous EFI, reset NVRAM, kill coreaudiod process and runningboardd (which uses too much CPU), I changed my audio interface (I tried my USB Focusrite solo, mobo sound, and two of my DisplayPort monitors that have built-in speakers), I also created a second user for testing, the issue remains no matter what I do.

 

This is the loaded kexts (non-Apple) in my system:

 

I'm also attaching the latest OC debug dump, I'm one step before re-installing the OS

opencore-2022-02-06-194022.txt

Edited February 6, 2022 by panosru

[Project 2501]

On 2/7/2022 at 12:06 PM, eSaF said:

AG's OpenCore EFI Folders now updated to OC version 0.7.8 - The same comments two posts above applies.

OC 0.7.8 19,1 Z390 Pro EFI.zip 5.76 MB · 7 downloads OC 0.7.8 1,1 Z390 Pro EFI.zip 5.77 MB · 4 downloads OC 0.7.8 19,1 Z390 Pro iGPU ONLY EFI.zip 5.78 MB · 2 downloads

 

Thanks for updates. I tried using the OC 0.7.8 19,1 Z390 Pro EFI, with the following mods: 1. Added SSDT for the Titan Ridge TB3 card, 2. Deleted ...pikera boot-arg, and 3. Added my serial numbers. Again, it is booting off the recovery partition. At least it seems that I probably did not mess up my earlier manual update.

 

I not as familiar with Open Canopy as I am with Clover. In Clover I can get it to show the recovery partition separately, but in OC, it only shows the drive name. Pressing space gives me more options, but nothing seems to allow me to select individual partitions on a physical drive. Is there quick help key in OC? I tried pressing F1 like I would in Clover to get help, but nothing popped up... decided not to press too many random keys just in case 😃

 

Is anybody else here running OC with Mojave? I'm pretty sure that the original EFI was made with Big Sur in mind so maybe it's because I'm running something that wasn't tested.

 

[Anto65]

Have you set in UEFI / APFS like this?    ( MOJAVE )

MinDate =  20190820    MinVersion = 9452750070000000  

OR 

MinDate = -1     MinVersion = -1

Edited February 8, 2022 by antuneddu

[Project 2501]

59 minutes ago, antuneddu said:

Have you set in UEFI / APFS like this?    ( MOJAVE )

MinDate =  20190820    MinVersion = 9452750070000000  

OR 

MinDate = -1     MinVersion = -1

 

I forgot to mention that I changed mindate and minversion to the exact values instead of -1. However I'm not able to check if made a typo right now (not using that computer at this time), but since the the OSX drive is selectable, I think it is correct. The last time I forgot to change it, the drive did not show up in the boot picker at all.

 

I forgot the clear the NVRAM, but clearing it didn't help the last time... maybe it will work this time!

 

Edited: corrected my typo "type" to "typo" 😋

Edited February 8, 2022 by Project 2501

[Project 2501]

Quick update: Double checked and my MinDate and MinVersion values are correct for Mojave (does it matter if I use exact values or -1?). Also, made sure to clear the NVRAM from bootpicker menu. Unfortunately, it still boots into recovery mode.

 

I tried selecting the startup drive from within recovery mode and restarting... no change in behavior.

 

I tried disabling SIP from the boot picker menu to see if OC+Mojave was finding some kind of fault with my installation and kicking me to recovery (wild speculation... don't know if it would actually do that)... again no change.

 

I'm going to recheck my BIOS settings next.

 

[Project 2501]

24 minutes ago, eSaF said:

@Project 2501 - Bro I have exactly the same board as you and I can boot Catalina, Mojave, BS and Monterey as well as Windows 11 Pro all on their respective drives with just one OC EFI Folder that resides on the EFI Partition of Monterey and I don't have any problems booting any of them so I don't understand what is happening on your machine.

 

Yeah, I don't get it either. But I've been able to boot with test Clover EFIs on a flash drive; I'm assuming that I am totally bypassing the EFI on the main drive.

 

With OC on the flash drive, I still have a Clover EFI on the main drive, and as far as I know, it shouldn't matter. I don't want to just replace the main drive EFI without a successfully testing it on the flash drive.

 

I have backup of my Mojave installation on an external drive done with Carbon Copy Cloner. CCC doesn't clone the EFI, so maybe I'll try booting with that one to see if it makes a difference.

 

Here is another thing I noticed about my setup. When I use ESP Mounter Pro, my OSX drive (using the m.2 slot) is "untitled" even though the name is correct in  Finder and in command line. I don't know if this means there is something strange with my disc, or it is just a bug in ESP Mounter Pro. Disk Utility says my drive check out.

 

 

[Anto65]

Looking at the OC 0.7.8 19.1 Z390 Pro EFI on the fly I see that the SecureBootModel is set to Defalut change it to Disabled
In my case if I want to start Catalina I have to set it to Disabled otherwise Recovery is started

[Project 2501]

6 hours ago, antuneddu said:

Looking at the OC 0.7.8 19.1 Z390 Pro EFI on the fly I see that the SecureBootModel is set to Defalut change it to Disabled
In my case if I want to start Catalina I have to set it to Disabled otherwise Recovery is started

 

This solved the problem!    Thank you very much; it saved me from wasting time trying to boot from my external drive or combing through my BIOS settings!

 

I went back to check @AudioGod's original EFI from 4 OCT 2021, and SecureBootModel is set to Default, but it was only verified on Bug Sur. Add this to the list of things to do if you are pre-OSX11.

 

[panosru]

Update to v12.2.1 went smoothly with OC v0.7.8

[markl18]

On 2/7/2022 at 3:06 PM, eSaF said:

AG's OpenCore EFI Folders now updated to OC version 0.7.8 - The same comments two posts above applies.

OC 0.7.8 19,1 Z390 Pro EFI.zip 5.76 MB · 18 downloads OC 0.7.8 1,1 Z390 Pro EFI.zip 5.77 MB · 10 downloads OC 0.7.8 19,1 Z390 Pro iGPU ONLY EFI.zip 5.78 MB · 2 downloads

hi I am trying to install big sur getting stuck on failed to start image already started

help 0.7.9

 

config.plist

[markl18]

 

On 2/11/2022 at 4:39 PM, eSaF said:

I dare say as you posted in this thread your board is either a Gigabyte Z390 Master or Pro, anyway I took a look at your config.plist and it is a complete mess (see attached). I suggest you compress your entire EFI Folder and upload it here so that someone can take a look and correct the entries for you. You also need to furnish your profile with your machine's spec so that your queries can be answered properly in future as at the moment we are in the dark about your equipment.

most of the kernels trying to start the touchpad and efis were dictated by the install it keeped on telling me this or that was missing 

 

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by markl18
no space

[stavidawg]

Thanks @eSaF for the updated efi folder! Was able to do a fresh install/upgrade from Big Sur to Monterey with zero issues. 

Random question to any one though? I was trying to write to /usr/local/ and I get a permission denied even though I am the admin? My understanding, which might be incorrect, was that in OSX that folder is writeable to admins without sudo? I know I can disable SIP to fix this, but can't remember if I needed to do that when I was running Big Sur or not. Looking at my actual MacBook which I dev on as well I disabled SIP. Any ways just curious what ppls thought were on disabling SIP, internet seems too say you really shouldn't do it but also indicated that /usr/local shouldn't have this issue so not sure if a chmod is the best soln here or if there is something I'm not seeing.
I have added Terminal to Full Disk Access in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Full Disk Access, so that shouldn't be the issue. However there might be a bigger issues in that the system is not respecting the Apps that I add to various services in Security & Privacy, for instance I added Discord to Input Monitoring but within the App I am still unable to create keybindings so something is amiss there....

[markl18]

On 2/11/2022 at 5:03 PM, eSaF said:

Sorry my friend, touchpads are not my thing plus if that is your platform, you've posted in the wrong Thread. You'll need to search around for similar platforms as yours for help.

 

P.S - I took a quick look at your EFI Folder and I wouldn't know where to start with it but I have to tell you it is a complete and utter mess. For a start read the Dortania OC Guide - https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/ for guidance.

hi since I  know you from previous encounters quite well perhaps you can give a look again I have cleaned it up 

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by markl18
no space

[markl18]

1 hour ago, eSaF said:

Hi - I made a few corrections by placing the kexts in the correct order, plus although the Drivers were loading, they were not Enabled (see attached pic). Try the revised EFI Folder attached and see what results you get. Good luck.

 PS - I also updated all files in the EFI Folder to OC 0.7.8

EFI.zip 5.82 MB · 2 downloads

Yes I followed all of your advices and the once in the manual but the screen is still blank

 

EFI.zip

[markl18]

3 hours ago, eSaF said:

Did you try the EFI Folder I posted above without changing anything? because your latest one is still full of errors.

yes I have did all of your suggested changes but the screen still blank, i double checked that all of my files are 0.7.8

 

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by markl18

[markl18]

hi after I have changed all of my 0.7.8 to debug or regular .7.8 I still get failed to start image - already started

[Project 2501]

I finally made the switch over to OpenCore, and so far so good. Since I don't push the hardware to its limits or use every feature available, I probably won't see a difference between OC and Clover. On rare occasions, Clover fails to boot MacOS, but other than that, its been pretty stable.

 

A big thanks to @antuneddu, @eSaF, and @miliuco for being very patient in their guidance.

 

Honorable mention to @pkdesign, because I found out he actually had the answer in a much earlier post. I took notes about OpenCore configuration, but by the time I got around to it, I forgot I had them. I found them recently in a folder named aptly "Open Core Configuration Notes", and one of @pkdesign's posts mentioned disabling SecureBootModel.

 

I guess the next thing on the agenda is to try out Monterey. Not a fan of the flat UI; being red-green color blind, I appreciate more texture and shape cues to help me navigate. Apple has in the past dropped local sync capabilities from their iOS devices with older MacOSes, so I might be upgrading whether I like it or not.

 

[markl18]

On 2/14/2022 at 12:41 AM, eSaF said:

Sorry Bro, I am out of ideas, I think it could be a graphic setting or lack of, you need to find someone with a similar setup and ask for assistance as this is a Gigabyte Z390 Thread.

hi a quick question how do you remedy this

Adding bless entry on disk - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0xA,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,18697105-A0AF-4EC8-98C6-FD3D5974F6DA,0x28,0x64000)
16:780 00:056 OCBP: Blessed file is missing
16:818 00:037 OCBP: Blessed folder is missing

what is blessed file looks like

[markl18]

i tried this

sudo bless --verbose --file /Volumes/EFI/ 1/EFI/OC/OpenCore.efi --folder /Volumes/EFI\ 1/EFI/OC/ --setboot

Password:

EFI found at IODeviceTree:/efi

Mount point for /Volumes/EFI 1/EFI/OC/ is /Volumes/EFI 1

Common mount point of '/Volumes/EFI 1/EFI/OC/' and '' is /Volumes/EFI 1

No BootX creation requested

This is not an APFS Data-Volume-Parameter-Driven Pre-SSV to SSV case

No boot.efi creation requested

found ioreg "FirmwareFeaturesMask"; featureMaskValue=0xFFFFFFFF

found ioreg "FirmwareFeatures"; featureFlagsValue=0xC309F577

isPreBootEnvironmentUEFIWindowsBootCapable=0

preboot environment is not UEFI boot capable

isDVDWithElToritoWithUEFIBootableOS=0

Checking if disk is complex (if it is associated with booter partitions)

GPT detected

Booter partition required at index 2

System partition found

Preferred system partition found: disk0s1

Returning booter information dictionary:

{

    "Auxiliary Partitions" =     (

    );

    "Data Partitions" =     (

        disk2s1

    );

    "System Partitions" =     (

        disk0s1,

        disk2s1

    );

}

Path to mountpoint given: /Volumes/EFI 1

IOMedia disk2s1 has UUID 18697105-A0AF-4EC8-98C6-FD3D5974F6DA

Setting EFI NVRAM:

efi-boot-device='<array><dict><key>IOMatch</key><dict><key>IOProviderClass</key><string>IOMedia</string><key>IOPropertyMatch</key><dict><key>UUID</key><string>18697105-A0AF-4EC8-98C6-FD3D5974F6DA</string></dict></dict><key>BLLastBSDName</key><string>disk2s1</string></dict></array>'

Setting EFI NVRAM:

IONVRAM-DELETE-PROPERTY='efi-boot-file'

Setting EFI NVRAM:

IONVRAM-DELETE-PROPERTY='efi-boot-mkext'

Setting EFI NVRAM:

IONVRAM-DELETE-PROPERTY='efi-boot-kernelcache'

NVRAM variable "boot-args" not set.

now what am I suposed to do with this

and how

I got this fro that resource

 

[scotty pro]

@eSaF

 

I have used your updated OC Efi folder a couple of pages back (0.7.7) as I was still on Audiogods original version running Mojave.

 

Just plugged my new iPhone 13 into the back USB C port and the Mac does not see it, is there any reason why I cannot see the iPhone, is the back Type C port disabled in your USB kext.

 

Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated to get it working as I have just ordered an Apple Watch 7 and I think the only way to connect that is with the Type C port.

[scotty pro]

48 minutes ago, eSaF said:

Yes - I had this discussion with AG sometime back as I too need that connection for my iPhone. I think Port HS06 is the port for Type-C is missing from the mapped USB kext. I went another way to include it to my machine with the help of @texem I will include the file that goes into the ACPI Folder plus the config.plist entry. 

I suggest you try on a test USB drive before adding to your main drive, don't forget to clean the NVRAM before booting off the USB drive. Good luck.

SSDT-6.aml 10.52 kB · 0 downloads

thanks for the quick response, just about to test it out but I have a little question. In your screen grab you have an entry 4 beneath Path which shows 3 key/value pairs.

Mine shows no key/value pairs would that be a problem, how do I give it 3 values as I see no option too.

 

Sorry for the noob questions but I have never actually understood the ACPI part of the plist

 

See screenshot of what I have changed.

[scotty pro]

4 minutes ago, eSaF said:

You need to use a good editor program like PlistEdit Pro or PlistEDPlus, both these apps are free and add the entries exactly as shown in the screenshot. Better still, copy your entire EFI Folder to your desktop, remove your personal data from the config.plist i.e S/N, ROM, SmUUID and MLB then compress the EFI Folder and upload it here and I will make the changes for you. The choice is yours.

thanks 

 

I think it would be better and really appreciated if you could change my EFI. Like I said I'm not technically minded when it comes to ACPI stuff

 

see attached, but it is in fact the one you provided, although I have removed what you asked. Also had to remove Boot and Apple folder as the zip was over 10meg

 

 

OC.zip

[scotty pro]

Thanks eSaF for the updated EFI, still no iPhone showing up though.

Seems my system is not seeing the Type C port as it is not in System Info.

 

But I do now have the boot chime which I never had before, that's a good thing

 

 

Edited February 17, 2022 by scotty pro